Seattle remake of ‘Perfect Strangers’ perfectly eerie

A group of Seattle theater guys got together and remade of the introduction to “Perfect Strangers,” the 80s and 90s television sitcom about a man named Larry, his distant cousin Balki and their adventures in Chicago.

But instead of featuring top spots in the Windy City, the guys’ remake takes an eerily similar tour of Seattle landmarks.

How many can you spot? The ones I saw are below the jump (if you clicked on this from the blog page. Otherwise, it’s just lower down).

Check out a side-by-side comparison of the original and its remake above. The video itself is below:

Here’s what I saw: Bulldog News, Safeco Field, the Monorail, the Paramount and wasn’t that Gas Works Park?

Update: And now a word from the creators …

Co-creator Cory Calhoun got back to me with some more details about the video and the Seattle landmarks featured in it:

My friends Chris and Ian remember the show fondly from our younger days, and we’re also theater and amateur film hams. We also thought Chris had a resemblance to Mark Linn-Baker, and we were looking for a video project to do. The Seattle landmarks matched up so perfectly with the Chicago ones, we couldn’t pass it up.

Ultimately, we wanted to see if there was an appetite for perhaps a Web site or some sort of thing down the road that revolved around this…so far, so good!

Here’s the total list of all Seattle places/things in the video

Washington State Ferry
Space Needle
West Seattle Bridge
I-90 Tunnel (“Seattle: Portal to the Pacific” Sign)
Alki Point (this might be the one you thought was Gasworks)
Westlake Center
Bulldog News in the University District
Safeco Field
Renaissance Hotel (revolving door)
Monorail
Paramount Theatre